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Busy enough day with laundry, dishes, workout and working on Etsy site.
Weather was rainy earlier but now sunny and 67 degrees! Have not made it outside yet but I know a little white dog that would love to go for a walk and a little black dog that will tolerate one if Mom goes!
Teriyaki salmon for dinner with carrots and snow pea pods. Maybe some microwave rice if DH wants it!
5' 4" tall, HW: 242, SW:215.4 Weight Loss - pre-op: - 26.6, M1: -15.4, M2: -16, M3: -11.4, M4: -11.2, M5: -12.2, M6: -7.4, M7: -7.8, M8: -2.0 Goal of 130 lbs. reached at 8 months, 2 days post-op!
What are pinks and whites pray tell? The only thing I can think of is the good and plenty like licorice candies, but surely you would eat more than 4 of those little things!
5' 4" tall, HW: 242, SW:215.4 Weight Loss - pre-op: - 26.6, M1: -15.4, M2: -16, M3: -11.4, M4: -11.2, M5: -12.2, M6: -7.4, M7: -7.8, M8: -2.0 Goal of 130 lbs. reached at 8 months, 2 days post-op!
on 4/23/25 12:02 pm
So darned excited for your retirement!! I suspect you'll be Liz-like in your busy-ness, just with different activities!
Not much going on here. I'm tired. A couple of the dogs must have gotten into something yesterday. Had to get up 3 times to let dogs out to potty during the night. Once is okay, but three times is just too much. I could have slept a lot longer this morning.
Still in the 205s this morning. Yesterday was NOT a great choice day. Reese's peanut butter eggs and Trader Joe's Pinks and Whites came out to play with me. I chose to play and consumed 4 pinks and whites and lord only knows how many little PB Chocolate eggs.
At least I had a kick azz work out. Did a full hour workout on just chest. Strangely, I'm not sore....yet. Today will be legs. I also have trimming to do for shows this weekend.
22 teaching days, 26 work days... It's getting scarily real! I'm so ready, but it sure does feel strange! I was thinking yesterday that one's work life really begins at 5 years old with Kindergarten. For 56 years there has always been someone else's agenda as the driving force in my life schedule. For the first time in my life I will have complete charge of my schedule. I am going to make sure to give my former school calendar the finger and plan to go to Disneyland during the school week this November.
A wishful, wistful Wednesday to all...
At least we have a lot of trees to block the sun in Florida so stuff doesn't melt as much.
So exciting to be getting new outdoor furniture. I am sure it will be just perfect and you will love it!
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
on 4/23/25 10:38 am
How nice your DH helps with the cleaning! Kirby just steals my rags.
Busy day ahead, but I am showered and ready for it. I was just thinking, how will the guy get a ladder to the window shade? 13ft in the air with an extremely heavy 11 ft sectional in the way. He can problem solve it...
Operation Move On Bird seemed to work well last night. No sign of it pushing the spikes off the rock. And I left the ceiling fan under the overhang on the lowest setting as that's its second favorite place to sleep and poop. I'm sure it will find another spot I will have to address, but for the moment I am reveling in this minor success.
I'm really happy with the color of the new sun umbrellas. It's a green the color of the natural trees out here, so they really disappear. I got some pillows for the new lounge chairs in the same fabric. Fingers crossed the new furniture is nice. It's so scary ordering online when you haven't seen it in person or sat in it. I'm hoping for not too big, not too small, not too low... Goldilocks.
I think I'll go unpack a new hose I bought and a new hose storage box. All my hoses which are supposed to be highly rated have melted in the elements. Your hands come away sticky when you touch them and the sticky is hard to wash off. Yuck. I also ordered new faucet handles for outside because those have melted and are nastily sticky too. What do people in Phoenix do where it's 10-15 degrees hotter?
Anyway, have good days everyone!
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Yesterday was pretty relaxing after the busy Monday. Our gorgeous weather is still holding with a high over Florida keeping away the rain. Which of course now means we are on the edge of drought conditions. I have no doubt that will change over the summer. Justice was happy to have both a long morning walk as well as an after dinner walk.
Today is laundry, water aerobics, dusting, and kitchen cleaning. DH does the floors tomorrow to complete the cleaning cycle. Someday we will need a housekeeper here but we are okay for now.
DH has his last golf association day followed by a dinner inside the clubhouse. A bunch of the wives are going to the wine social dinner on the patio of the clubhouse. So no cooking!
Have a winning Wednesday!
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
You aren't kidding about manual labor! You got a lot done. Lot of work to get a home to the point where you can relax and enjoy it ****il the next project).
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
on 4/22/25 5:53 pm
Manual labor day! My hands and feet are cramping! Drinking some electrolytes.
I planted my pot plants and replaced the irrigation doohickeys in them so they get more water. Then I used my new stirrup hoe to go after the second round of weeds in all the beds. Next up was cleaning up all the gardening stuff in the backyard in preparation for my new furniture tomorrow and using the blower to get all the dust, dog hair, leaves, and rocks off the patio. I put two new patio umbrellas together. And then I cleaned the bird poop off a deep window ledge and the rock wall in the outdoor kitchen. Birds like to sleep on one of the rocks at the top that has a little ledge. It's gross. So I scrubbed and rinsed and scrubbed and rinsed (and washed the patio table that's headed to the roof deck while I was at it). I got some bird spikes from Amazon that I need to stick up there when it dries. And now I sit and cramp... I'm so hoping I can pay the delivery guys to take my heavy old stuff upstairs. Otherwise, I guess I can put it all off to the side and ask the landscape guys if they would like the extra work. No chance I can do it.
Tomorrow will be busy - the window shade guy is coming, I need to tidy before then and before the RH guys also bring my new family room table with the outdoor stuff late afternoon. And I have an open HOA board meeting (cramping fingers and toes crossed "she" doesn't show up to make trouble). Then I shall crash!
Take care and hope you all had a good day!
Clotheslines were pretty great. My drying rack in the tub is my substitute such as it is...
I too don't like too much in a day. Some people here seem to be trying to recreate work time with bookings all day, every day. No thanks!
Fun that your law school friend is coming. I bet she will love it there.
Liz 5'3" HW: 219 SW: 185 GW: 125 LW: 113 Desired maintenance range: 120-125 CW: 119ish
